To do a Different Way,
you have to not play.
While you don't play...
Linda: "Mister stay focused"
... I need a drink of water.
Here is the thing that Mister wants you to understand. He wants you to know that he is going back to a Different Way and that he is not going to play.
People play because there is something they want that's being withheld. So if it gets to the point they want it bad enough, they will play. We understood that some People withhold Love or approval to get someone else to always beg and lick their boots. However, we didn't realize that this is the plan of the unrighteous - unholy. They want to withhold food long enough to get People to do things they otherwise would not do. People need their needs met and eating is a need.
Of course, when People feel their need is sufficiently met, they will stop doing what they don't want to do. This is why the withholding has to be an ongoing process.
Mister is saying he will not play even if it means his needs will not be met.